Paris destroyed: photos of the city vandalized after a new march of yellow vests

The wave of violence, incidents and destruction that caused the yellow jackets Saturday, after a new demonstration, left Paris unrecognizable: stained glbad, painted walls and local embedded It was the scene with which the Parisians rose, who did not hesitate to burst out with anger against President Emmanuel Macron.

While socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said on Sunday that she explained to the government her inability to prevent damage, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe led a meeting with several members of the executive power to discuss possible measures promised by the president. .

Also on Sunday, it was announced that two Senate committees had convened on Tuesday the Ministers of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, and Economy, Bruno Le Mayor, to explain the measures adopted. "deal with these incidents" and the impact they have "on the trade and attractiveness of France for investors".

In addition, the Ministry of Economy announced that it would hold a meeting Monday with employers' organizations to badess the economic impact of the events.

Faced with this flood of demands, President Macron promised Saturday night, after having interrupted his ski weekend with his wife in the French Pyrenees, before returning to Paris in the emergency room, "strong" measures.

The 18th day of demonstrations of "yellow vests", a protest movement denouncing since mid-November the social and fiscal policy of the Macron government, was marked by very violent incidents in Paris, mainly caused by people dressed in black. and masked.

The event, announced as a "ultimatum" the president, considered by the protesters as "the ruler of the rich", was one of the most violent: they arrested 200 people and, in the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, at least 80 companies were destroyed, including twenty jewelry stores and luxury stores. They were looted or burned.

"I hope the explanations" from the government told the newspaper The Parisian Socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said she was "really angry" about these incidents.

"My feeling is that we should be able to control a situation like the one we just saw and that is why, once again, I wait for explanations, we are at the heart of a serious social and political crisis, these fractures can not last longer. We can not continue like this", badured Hidalgo in the interview.

"In Paris, the black hoods have replaced the" yellow vests ". Black Blocks destroy, burn, rape with impunity", tweeted the president of the far-right National Regroup, Marine Le Pen.

Meanwhile, the social networks were burning critics and the photos of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in flames next to those of the president skiing in the Pyrenees were shared from all angles.

The Minister of the Interior, Castaner, has also been heavily criticized, especially since his photos have been circulating for a few days on social networks in a Parisian bar on the previous Saturday evening, the day of the 17th mobilization of "yellow vests".